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19 Mar, 2024

Brussels, Belgium

11th Annual European Cyber Security Conference

The 11th Annual European Cyber Security Conference will gather policymakers, industry players, high level cyber security and defence experts to explore Europe’s response to cyber and hybrid security issues in what has become a dynamically evolving global risk landscape.

A key component of this event for cyber capacity building practitioners is that a key theme of the day will be the importance of strengthening Cyber Security Cooperation Mechanisms by boosting collaboration, between Member States and with allies, in cybersecurity, defence, and diplomacy.

March 19, 2024

Geneva & Online, Switzerland

2024 Cyber Dialogues: Part II

The United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR) is pleased to invite you to the second session of the 2024 Cyber Dialogues.

This second dialogue will convene diplomats, policymakers and members of the multistakeholder community to discuss the cumulative and evolving rules, norms and principles of responsible State behaviour in the use of ICTs. The discussions will support means of addressing interconnected issues, including the protection of vulnerable sectors, promoting integrity, stability and security of the supply chain, preventing the proliferation of malicious ICT tools and techniques, and enhancing private sector collaboration in the security of and in the use of ICTs, and the implications for national norm implementation. Key questions include:

How can we meaningfully understand the differentiated roles and responsibilities of States vis-à-vis non-State stakeholders in norm implementation efforts?
How can we understand the inter-connected nature of norms and their ability to help States respond to varied ICT incidents?
How can national and regional implementation of norms contribute to narrowing the digital divide?

20th-22nd March 2024

Durres, Albania

Balkans Cybersecurity Days

Jointly organized by DCAF in collaboration with AKCESK and FIRST, the event will take place from March 20-22, 2024, in Durrës, Albania, the event will be bringing together cybersecurity professionals from the public and private sectors, the agenda includes a high-level opening, a panel on promoting cybersecurity talent, and plenary sessions in response to FIRST’s call for papers. Days two and three feature technical training sessions.

This event is organized within the framework of DCAF's regional project, ‘Good Governance in Cybersecurity in the Western Balkans,’ funded by the United Kingdom’s Government’s Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCDO).

March 26, 2024

Online

Compendium on Mainstreaming Cybersecurity in Development

Join us for the unveiling of the Compendium on Mainstreaming Cybersecurity in Development, a collaborative effort led by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Sweden, the International Telecommunication Union, the Global Forum on Cyber Expertise, and Microsoft.

This compendium is a collaborative effort driven by a shared vision: to bridge the gap between the cyber resiliency capacity building communities and the development cooperation communities, with the objective of mainstreaming cybersecurity into the broader framework of development work, particularly the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

The compendium builds on a series of workshops and engagements held across the globe, bringing together expertise from government, industry, and international organizations. By bringing together cyber resiliency capacity building actors and development practitioners in diverse settings, from Accra, Singapore, New York, Paris to Kyoto, we have gained valuable insights, identified new challenges, and discovered new opportunities for collaboration.

April 16, 2024

Geneva & Online, Switzerland

2024 Cyber Dialogues: Part III

The United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR) is pleased to invite you to the third session of the 2024 Cyber Dialogues.

Calls for gender responsive, tailored, sustainable, effective, and efficient cyber capacity-building continue to intensify from diplomats, policymakers, and technical experts. With high-level discussions on mainstreaming gender within other pillars of the framework and initiatives, the dialogues will convene all relevant stakeholders to share viewpoints. Key questions include:

How can all stakeholders meaningfully mainstream gender perspectives across all the pillars of the framework for responsible State behavior, and are there practical examples to learn from?
What do these calls for gender responsive, tailored, sustainable, effective, and efficient cyber capacity building mean and how can it be meaningfully operationalized?
How can we mainstream gender in norm implementation?

23rd-24th April 2024

European Cyber Agora

The European Cyber Agora Conference returns in 2024 with a renewed commitment to fostering cross-sectoral dialogue and collaboration in the face of evolving digital challenges. Building on the successes of previous years, this conference stands as a pivotal platform for addressing the pressing issues at the intersection of technology, policy, and geopolitics.

30 Apr, 2024

Oxford, United Kingdom

GCSCC 10th Anniversary Conference Oxford

Taking place in Oxford Martin School, University of Oxford, on 30 April, 2024, this year's Conference marks the GCSCC’s 10th anniversary!

The conference will bring together key stakeholders of the global cybersecurity capacity building community to discuss the latest challenges, practices and trends.

The conference is by invitation only.

10 May, 2024

New York, United States

OEWG Global Roundtable on ICT security capacity-building

This event is set to feature two panels on key focus areas and strengthening the global capacity building agenda, as well as breakout groups focusing on specific capacity-building thematic areas.

The roundtable is designed to be an action-oriented platform involving capacity-building practitioners, state representatives, and stakeholders. The aim is to enable stakeholders to discuss and exchange views; showcase national, regional, subregional, and cross-regional initiatives; encourage the sharing of information and best practices; promote learning from national strategies; and catalyse the formation of partnerships. The roundtable will also be a timely opportunity to reflect on the capacity-building mapping exercise currently being carried out by the UN Secretariat and to identify potential gaps in the existing global capacity-building landscape.

13th-15th May 2024

New York, United States

(Intersessional) meeting of the OEWG on security of and in the use of information and communications technologies

28 - 31 May 2024

Tallinn, Estonia

CyCon the 16th International Conference on Cyber Conflict

The annual International Conference on Cyber Conflict, CyCon, hosted by the NATO Cooperative Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence addresses the most relevant issues concerning the cyber defence community.

This multidisciplinary conference and community-building event, connects practitioners with academia, government and military with industry, early career professionals and senior managers.

Decision-makers, opinion-leaders, law and technology experts of nearly 50 countries meet at CyCon to address current cyber security challenges in an interdisciplinary manner.